Jonne Eilimö | March 16, 2012 07:10 UTC |
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iPad 3 4G teardown
iFixit has managed to get their tearing fingers on the new iPad. The engineering in this is amazing. The new iPad, is much like every other tablet, a big battery combined with some cellphone parts.
The new iPad’s internals include the following:
- Texas Instruments CD3240 driver device
- Broadcom BCM4330 802.11a/b/g/n MAC/baseband/radio with integrated Bluetooth 4.0+HS and FM transceiver
- 2 x 4Gb Elpida LP DDR2 = 1 GB DRAM in separate packages in a 64-bit configuration
- Fairchild FDMC 6683
- Broadcom BCM5973 I/O controller
- Broadcom BCM5974 microprocessor
- Apple 338S0987 (Cirrus Logic audio codec)
- Qualcomm PM8028 Power Management IC
- Qualcomm RTR8600 multi-band/mode RF transceiver for 3G and 4GLTE bands
- Toshiba Y0A0000 Memory MCP
- Triquint TQM7M5013 quad-band linear power amplifier module
- Avago A5904
- Skyworks SKY77468-17 front-end module
- Apple A5X processor
- Apple 343S0561 - This IC looks like an updated version of the 343S052 that we found in the iPad 2, and is used for power management.
- The NAND, part number THGVX1G7D2GLA08 is a 16 GB 24 nm MLC Flash from Toshiba
- Qualcomm MDM9600 – 3G and 4G wireless modem
iFixit gave the new iPad a rapairability score of 2 out of 10. Here are their conclusions:
- The LCD is easy to remove once the front panel is gone.
- The battery is not soldered to the logic board, making the replacement process a tad less difficult.
- Just like the iPad 2, the front panel is glued to the rest of the device, greatly increasing the chances of cracking the glass when trying to remove it.
- Gobs, gobs, and gobs of adhesive hold down everything in place, including the prone-to-start-a-fire-if-punctured battery.
- The LCD has foam sticky tape adhering it to the front panel, increasing chances of it being shattered during disassembly
- You can’t access the front panel’s connector until you remove the LCD.
Hit View Post to see a step-by-step teardown of the new iPad.
